Tag: Microsoft 365

An emoji behind an X-Ray scanner showing a skeleton. There are also dancing Lego skeleton minfigures and a Lego X-Wing fighter (just because it's X).
Accessibility

X-Ray! [A to Z a11y]

Colour Vision Deficiency affects over 8% of men and 0.5% of women. Colour filters (including one that looks like an X-Ray mode) help present colours in a way that assists people with CVD.

In this post I take a look at the colour modes, how they work, and what all this means for building solutions.

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WCAG written in a neon style. There are 5 dancing Lego minifigs wearing different job outfits. Also featured is an emoji in front of a task list and Max from the Flight of the Navigator film.
Accessibility

WCAG [A to Z a11y]

One common acronym that has run throughout many of the blog posts here is WCAG. It stands for “Web Content Accessibility Guidelines” and comes from the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). It’s a set of guidelines designed for websites and content, but has been adopted as the standard for digital accessibility.

In this post I’ll be looking at what WCAG is and some of the ways it influences how we build.

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Title image for the V - The Voice post. It features an image of a microphone in front of 4 seated judges. Also shown is a Lego minifigure in front of a giant soundwave.
Accessibility

The Voice [A to Z a11y]

In this AI-assistant world of Copilots, Agents, and ever-listening smart devices, Voice is becoming more prevalent. What if this is the primary source of control for people though?
Here I take a look at the importance of the voice in solutions we build.

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Image of a workshop with Lego minifigures, some with disabilities. There is also an image of an emoji working next to someone using a laptop, and a Lego minifigure using a laptop. The test User Experience and Interface is on the image.
Accessibility

User eXperience / User Interface [A to Z a11y]

User eXperience and User Interface are massive areas of a project.

Creating a community of people that includes those with disabilities and neurodiversities leads to better design, better results, and better uptake.

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An emoji lying on a couch whilst another emoji takes a photos using an old polaroid style camera. The image also has the letter I with Images written inside it.
Accessibility

Images [A to Z a11y]

“A picture is worth a thousand words” – Napoleon. Or maybe a Japanese proverb. Or even coined by members of the press. The origin isn’t important (most people say Napoleon), the quote is. What if you can’t see the image and you rely on Screen Readers? Let’s explore as we dive into I in the A to Z of Accessibility – Images.

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A person wearing a Velcro suit covered in letters. The image also has the acronyms GDS, EAA, ADA and more
Accessibility

GDS, EAA, ADA and more [A to Z a11y]

Welcome to the letter G in the A to Z of Accessibility: Power Platform Edition. Here we will take a look at a veritable alphabet soup of accessibility with GDS, EAA, ADA and more. These are some of the regulations, legislations, and design requirements that exist across different geographic regions and impact organisations working in these regions.

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An angry looking letter F in emoji style with the text "What the F...ont?!?"
Accessibility

What the F…ont [A to Z a11y]

Call them Fonts or call them Typefaces I’m not precious, but these along with the way we apply Formatting to our text make a massive difference to our Accessibility goals.

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A to Z Accessibility: Power Platform Edition. E - The Evolution Experience
Accessibility

The Evolution Experience [A to Z a11y]

This episode of A to Z of Accessibility is for The Evolution Experience.

This section could be easily have been dubbed “Progress Over Perfection” but I wanted to get this in early on so I could encourage and exhort you all to embark upon the expedition that is Accessibility.

This article is not tech specific so applies to everything.

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A to Z Accessibility - Power Platform edition. D - The Dark Mode comes
Accessibility

The Dark Mode comes [A to Z a11y]

Welcome, reader. I’m looking forward to continuing your training. This is the A to Z Accessibility: The Dark Side comes post!

Question: Are you a Dark Mode-r or a firm adherent to the Light Mode? Well, here at the Letter D I’m here to explore both – and neither.

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A to Z of Accessibility. Power Platform Edition. C for Colours
Accessibility

Colours Everywhere! [A to Z a11y]

So here we are at C in the A to Z of Accessibility – Power Platform Edition. In this first “C” post I want to look at the use of Colours, colours everywhere!

This applies to all areas of the Power Platform, yup even Dataverse. It also applies to anywhere that colour is used, so definitely one to pay attention to!

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A to Z Power Platform Accessibility. B - Borders Without Boundaries
Accessibility

Borders Without Boundaries [A to Z a11y]

Welcome to the letter B in the A to Z of Accessibility: Power Apps Edition. This post is about Borders without Boundaries. Including: control borders and table borders.
Applies to: Power Apps, Power Pages, Word, PowerPoint, Excel etc

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A to Z of Accessibility - Power Platform edition. An ARIA to Accessible Text
Accessibility

An ARIA to Accessible Text [A to Z a11y]

Welcome to the first post in my A to Z of Accessibility – Power Platform Edition. In this post I will be presenting an ARIA and talking about Accessible Text.

ARIA is especially applicable to Power Pages but the concepts apply to all areas of the Power Platform.

Accessible Text is especially relevant to Power Apps, Power BI and Power Pages.

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A to Z Accessibility - Power Platform Edition
Accessibility

The A to Z of Accessibility – Power Platform [A to Z a11y]

Welcome to the A to Z of Accessibility – Power Platform. Covering all areas of the Power Platform plus wider areas of Microsoft 365 and more.

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The Right Tool for the Job
Power Platform

The Right Tool for the Job (and it’s not always an App!)

If you’ve ever worked with tools of any kind – workshop, garage, kitchen etc – you’ll probably have been told, at least once, to “Use the right tool for the job”.

The same rule applies when picking the right #PowerPlatform tool for the job.

#Hart365 #Microsoft #PowerApps #Flow #PowerBI #Forms

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